Mises

In a post-Cold War world, there is an opportunity to find useful insights among even the New Right that Rothbard loathed. James Burnham‘s The Managerial Revolution produced important points about the relationship of government and business.

Since there is no genuine test of merit in government’s “service” to consumers, the bureaucrats have decided that the metric of success is commanding a bigger staff and a bigger budget.

The Southern secession from 1861-65 is portrayed as a “lost cause” by supporters and an act of evil by its detractors. Murray Rothbard argued that the Confederates were seeking freedom from political oppressors, just as their ancestors had done in the American Revolution.

Politico reports today: A bipartisan group of House lawmakers wants answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid reports that President Donald Trump’s administration is gearing up to dismiss high-ranking military officers. “There are valid reasons to remove a General or Flag Officer, but there must be clear, transparent, and apolitical criteria and processes associated with … Read more

Conventional progressive wisdom says that Nazism and Fascism were polar opposites to Communism. Yet, all of these totalitarian worldviews came from the same collectivist origins.

In terms of economics, there isn’t much daylight at all between a tax-funded “private” contractor and a federal employee who works directly for a government agency.

The religious left today claims that Jesus was a socialist who was against private property and any kind of economic arrangement that smacks of capitalism. An investigation into Jesus‘ teachings and actions overwhelmingly contradicts that notion.

Either tariffs raise revenue from foreign imports or make imports expensive enough to protect domestic producers, not both. There is nothing magical about tariffs. They are taxes and they are paid by you.